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.......^-= today it rained, and i would go  outside =-^.......
........^- i  thought, so  i smoked a  pipe and got -^........
.........^ dressed,   and  outside   the  rain  had ^.........
........^- turned  into snow  so thick that it  was -^........
.......^-= as dense fog ... and then i  went to get =-^.......
......^-=* the mail,  but there was a  woman and we *=-^......
.....^-=*# talked a little. now because i was  high #*=-^.....
....^-=*## and  it was snowing so  funny and i  had ##*=-^....
...^-=*### an umbrella against  the snow, but  snow ###*=-^...
..^-=*#### all over  my face anyway, and i wondered ####*=-^..
.^-=*#####         about myself, and my life        #####*=-^.
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